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JEWELRY satanic.-

Speciification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 2, 1916. Serial No. 575,090.

Toall whom may concern.

Be it known 'that I, FRIEDRICH DrrEN- sGHMi'rT, a subject of the German Emperor,

residing at Pforzheim, in Germany, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Jewelry Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

Chain work composed of circular rings is .well -known in jewelry,`in which each ring of any 'one row engages ,two'rings of the next row above and below, .so that each ring of a lgiven row is engaged in common by two adjacent rings of tlie'next rows, one of which. adjacent rings also engages the next ring of the given row,by which means connection is aorded throughout the fabric in both directions. Such a fabric is very suitable collars, waist belts,

for purposes in which a surrounding frame can be used, or where the chain work' isnot intended tobe left with a raw or unprotected edge, but it is unsuitable for such purposes as bracelets, dress rings, chatelaines, dog or other purposes where the chain is to forma band or strip, the edges .of which are exposed and unprotected.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a completing and strengtheningedging to such chainV capable of application to s strength of the edge of the chain work wherel its side edges.

Figure 1 illustrates a portion ofthe chain 'referred to comprising ten rowsofcircular rings connected as above described.' 4The tendency of the rings is to lie in parallel planes inclined to the general plane of the chain work, one horizontal row inclining for example to the right and the next horizontal row to the left and so on alternately. The end ring at the one or other end of the row, as the case may be, tends to. project beyond the end ring of the' next row, and notfonly is this unsightly but it detracts from the 'strength is especially needed and affords :more opportunity for catching or breaking the chain on adjacent objects. To avoid this, the present invention consists inconibiningwith a chain of the nature described,

"a plurality of border rings, the diameter of which in one direction V.is the saine as that lof the 4rings composing the chain, 'but in the other direction is less, these border rings being-fused-at'the ends of alternate rows 'to z connect the projecting ring ycf such a row `to the projecting ring of the next row but arone.

-major diameter. between the projecting rings a1 a3, etc.,

The invention is illustrated in the acconii pling. members at the longitudinal -edges- (the latter beingjthe vertical edges in the drawing). Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the fabric, Fig. 3 an elevation with the coupling members, and Fig. 4 a cross-section. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing a modified arrangement of the coupling members.' Fig. Gis an elevation showing a modification of the fabric in which the rings are connected in oblique or biased rows. Fig. 7 shows one of the normal circular links, and Fig. 8 shows one of the border rings.

Like reference characters denote like parts throughout the drawings.

As shown in Fig. l., the stripv of fabric Patented Nov. so, i915'.

consists of parallel interlinked, transverse rowsv of rings a., the rings in ea'ch row overlapping each other in the manner of scales. The rings composing alternate rows are inclined toward the right and left respectively. The teXture of the fabric. may be modified bv biasing the rows of 'overlapping rings.

In Figs. 1 and 3', consecutive' terminal rings onthe left-hand side of the strip are marked al to a. Fig. rsl'iows the projecting alternate rings in this series connected'to`- each other by couplingmenibers consisting of elliptical links b, similar4 links b being shown on the right hand side ofthe strip. The major diameter of the elliptical link is equal to the diameter 'ofthe circular links used in the body of theA fabric. 'Its minor diameter is approximately equal to half the and The links bIspan-the gaps impart a .finished appearance to the fabric (as will be seen by comparison of Figs. 1 and 3), in addition to strengthening the fabric by forming a continuous border.

In Fig. 3 the links b at opposite sides of the fabric are not directly `oppositel each otlier,feachllink I) on one side being opposite 'a gap between two links b on the other side. In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the links o are directly opposite each other.

The wire rings composing the fabric, and v the coupling members 'at the borders inay be either plain or'ornamental.

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What I claim as' my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is An ornamental strip of jewelry fabric adapted for the making of bracelets, belts, rings, and other articles finished ready for wear, 'comprising parallel transverse rows of separate metal rings, each ring in each row, except the end rings in alternate rows, being interlinked with the two proximate rings in the adjacent rows, such interlinking positioning each ring in staggered relationship to its said proximate rings, whereby the said end rings of alternate rows extend beyond the end rings of the remaining rows; and a series of separate ornamental strengthening links interlinked respectively with the rstnamedend rings, said links being elliptical in outline and each having its minor axis of a length substantially equal to half the diameter of the rings, whereby the staggered relationship ofthe rings is compensated for and the said first-named end rings and the links form with each other a Substantially straight and unbroken edge for the strip.

In witness whereof I have Signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDRICH DPPENSGHMITT.

Witnesses:

N. R. SHAUK, W. W, SCHMIDT. 

